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How a typo spoiled my proof of Fermat’s last theorem

The tale of Fermat's last theorem took hundreds of years and included tantalising twists, disappointing errors and a contribution from the most unlikely cartoon mathematician imaginable

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This mathematical trick lets you work out the weekday of any date

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Mathematicians found – and fixed – an error in a 60-year-old proof

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Mathematicians spent 2024 unravelling proof almost no one understands

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The surprising maths that explains why coincidences are so common

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The surprising maths that explains why coincidences are so common

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Mathematicians have discovered a mind-blowing new kind of infinity

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AI maths assistant could help solve problems that humans are stuck on

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What is the price of genius, asks biography of Roger Penrose

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There may be a cosmic speed limit on how fast anything can grow

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Chimpanzees will never randomly type the complete works of Shakespeare

The infinite monkey theorem states that illiterate primates could write great literature with enough time, but the amount of time needed is much longer than the lifespan of the universe

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Meta AI tackles maths problems that stumped humans for over a century

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The laws of physics appear to follow a mysterious mathematical pattern

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How the maths of queuing can make lines more efficient

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Why the problem of P versus NP is worth $1 million

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